Combined wind deflector, mirror, and spotlight



June 30, 1925. '1,544,244

J. C. LEHMANN ET AL COMBINED WIND DEFLECTOF., MIRROR, AND SPOTLIGHT Filed Aug. 4, 1921 HM- U Hg; i294 Patented June 30,v 19.25. l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUs c. LEHMANN AND GEORGE H. TIMMERMAN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, As-

srGNons 'ro LEHMANN s co., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

OMBIND WIND DEFLECTOR, MIRROR, AND SPOTLIGHT.

Application filed August 4,1921.` Serial No. 489,873.

To all 'whom t may mmcwn.' a side wind deflector and a spot-light ad- -Be it known that we, JULIUs C. LEHMANN justahly mounted thereon and extending anand GEORGE H. TIMMERMAN, citizens of the teriorly of the deflector; Y UnitedStates of America, residing at city Fig. 5 is a detail sectional elevation on of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New line 5-5, showing on an enlarged scale a 60 York, have invented certain new and useful common support for a mirror vand a spot- Improvements in Combined Wind Defleclight; l tors, Mirrors, and Spotlights, of which the ,Figa 6 is a detail side elevation corre-I following is a specification. sponding to Fig. 5 of a support for a spot- This invention relates to common mountlight of the arrangement shown in Fig. 4; 65

ing for wind deflectors and a mirror or spot and f y light, or both, for automobiles. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a left- An object of this invention is to provide hand side wind deilector showing a m'odicommon mounting means for a side wind ication. deilector and a mirror on an automobile Referring to Fig. 1, the post 10 is the 70 whereby the deilector and the-mirror are adusual-'righthand front post of an automojustable for different desired positions relabile tov which the right-hand side windy detively to one another and to the automobile. flector 11 is secured by means of the pair of In accordance with one embodiment of adjustable clamps 12, 13, of any approved 420 the invention, the. wind deflector, usually of construction. Preferably, the mirror 14, ex- 75 I glass, is mounted on one side of the autotending posteriorly of the wind deector 11, mobile by means of an adjustable clamp peris disposed toward the outer, upper portion mitting the wind deflector to be set at the of the side wind deiiector 11. The side wind proper angle vcorresponding to wind or deilector llis'usually made of glass or other other atmospheric conditions and the mirror suitable transparent, rigid material. 80 is carried by the wind deflector by means of As is indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the miran adjustable clamp secured to the deflector ror 14 is separate from the material of the through an opening in the wind deiector. side wind deflector 11. As onel form of In such construction the mirror is posi.- adjustable mounting for the mirror 14, we v 20 tioned posteriorly of the deflector, and perprovide the lug 15 at the rearside of the 85 mits the use of a spot-light adjustably mirror 14, the free end of the lug 15 havin mounted anteriorly of the deflector. the ball 16 received within the clamp 1% In accordance with another embodiment comprising the Oppositely disposed clampof the invention, the wind deflector is ing members 18 and 19. Each clam ing mounted by means of adjustable clamp on a member 18, 19, is provided with4 Oppositely 90 side of the automobile and the mirror is sedirected spherical sockets for -frictional1y cured to the wind delector by means of suitholding the ball 16 and the winged set screw able clamps exteriorly embracing the glass 20 passes through suitably threaded, cendefiector and an adjustable element contrally located openings in the clamp memnecting such clamp and the mirror. ber 19, for binding the ball 16 within such 95 Further Objects and features of the -inspherical sockets at any desired position. vention will be more fully understood from Such adjustable clamp 17 is securedto the the following description and accompanywind shieldv 11 by means'of the abutment ing drawings, in whichlug 21 provided with the ball 22, similar to Fig. 1 is a posterior elevational view of a the ball 16 and received within spherical 100 l right-hand wind deflector provided with a sockets at the opposite ends of the clamping mirror arranged in accordance with our inmembers 18, 19, arran ed and adjusted vention; similarlyv as described a ove. Suchabut- Fig. 2 is a side elevation and also showment lug 21 passes through an o ening ing a spot-light mounted on and extending drilled through the 'glass late 11 an 'isi se- 105 l anteriorly of the side wind deflector; Y cured therein by means o the outer nut 23 Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of Fig. 1, and clamping nut 24, and preferably ya showing the mirror mounted posteriorly of cushioning washer 25. v l the deflector and without a spot-light; Asv is indicated in Flgs. 2 and 5, such' Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation showing abutment lug 21 may be of double ball cOn. 110

struction, for jointly carrying the mirror 14 posteriorly of the deflector 11 and the spotlight 26 anterior-ly of the deliector 11. For such use, the threaded stem 27 of the posterior abutment lug 21 is of somewhat greater length and projects Within the threaded opening ofthe anterior lug 28. In this co-nstruction the abutment lug 21 is provided with the hexagonal face 29 integral with the body of the lug 21. The Washers`25, 25, are disposed respectively between the contacting faces of the lug 21 and the lug 28 and the glass 14.

For mounting the spot-light ,26 on the side wind deflector 14, the clamp 30, vconstructed and arranged similar to theclamp 17, com-- prises the oppositely disposed clamping members 31, 32, coacting with the ball 33 -of the lug- 28, and is adjustably secured in position by means of its Winged set screvsT 34 to clamp the'ball 33 0f the lug 28 and the ball 35 of the sp t-light 26 at the desired adjustable position.

In asimilar manner, the spot-light 26 may be secured to the wind delector 14 Without ya mirror, in which construction as shown in Fig. 6, the lug 36 passes through a perforation inthe glass deflector 14 and is clamped by its nut 37. The ball 38 of the lug 36 serves as an abutment for the spot-light.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the post 4() represents the left-hand forward vertical post of the automobile to winch the -left-hand -Wind deflector 41 is secured by any suitable adjustable clamp or clamps 42. In this modification, the mirror 43 is positioned posteriorly of the side Wind deflector 41 and is mounted for adjusta'bility of positionindependently of the adjustment of the Wind deflector 41. As one means of such arrangement, We have shown the clamp A17 correspondingto the aforesaid clamp 17 illustrated in Fig. 3 and like parts are indicated by the same reference characters.

To support the mirror, 43, on the, side wind deflector 41, we provide the clamping arm 44, having the ball end 45 received within the clamp 17, and upon fastening the winged set screw 20 of, the clamp 17, lthe ball 16 of the mirror 43 and the ball 45 of the clamp 44 are locked in adjustable p0- sition.

The clamp 44 is formed of the arm 46' of a. xed acute angle, comprising the intermediate clamp to' directly clamp one face of the glass deflector, or as preferred by means of "a rubber strip interposed between the inner face of the intermediate clamp 47 and the face of the glass, toI cushion the same; and comprises alsothe terminal portion 48 extending at an acute angle away from the opposite face of the glass deilector 14 and between the inner face of the terminal portion 48 andthe opposite face of the glass` delector 41, is disposed the adjustable wedge member 49 adjusted and held in position by` spot-light pursuant to our invention, .the

spot-light for the different positions of adjustment vertically and horizontally is located insubstantial alignment with the mir.

ror for the different positions of adjustment of the mirror, whereby the employmentto both the spot-light and the mirror on the 'I side Wind deflector does not restrict the vision afforded to` the driver through the transparent material of the side Wind delector.

lVhereas We have described our invention `V reference to specific forms thereof, it will fbe understood that many changes and modifications maybe made without departing from the spirit of the invention, as delined by the appended claims.

lVe claim:

1. A support for a mirror and a spot light or the like on opposite sides of a sheet of transparent material, said lsheet of transparent' material being provided `with an opening, said support comprising a'pair ofl yadjustable supporting members, each comprising a fixed element and a relatively movable "element, common means passing through the opening in the sheet of transparent v material connecting said fixed elements to one another and means arranged to be positioned on opposite sides of the sheet oftransparent material for securing said common means to extend on opposite sides of the sheet of transparent material.

2. A support for a mirror and a spot light or the like, a sheet of transparent material, said support comprising a pair of adjustable supporting members, each comprising a ball and socket, common means constructed to extend on opposite sides of the sheet of transparent material and fixedly connecting.

one element of each of said ball and socket members to one another and means for rigidly securing said common means to the sheet of transparent material.

3. A support for a mirror and a spot light or the like on opposite sides of a sheet of transparent materialhsaid sheet of transparent material being,'.pi'ovided with ai opening, saidsupport comprising a pair of adjustable ball and 4socket members, a

threaded stud extending through the openthreaded stud to the sheet of transparent I ing in the sheet of transparent material and material. xedly connecting an element of each of In testimony whereof we have signed this l0 said adjustable ball and socket members and specification this 31st day of May, 1921.

5 separately adjustable means arranged to be )positioned on opposite sides of the sheet of JULIUS C. LEHMANN. transparent material for securing said GEO. H. TIMMERMAN. 

